Childminder, Out-of school day care in Leicestershire

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 January 2018 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Not applicable

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The childminder does not consistently risk assess the environment to ensure all potential hazards to children are identified and minimised.  Although the childminder has established links with the school that children attend, these links are not yet highly effective to enhance and extend children's experiences even further.  The childminder does not use self-evaluation well enough to focus and improve upon the overall quality of her provision.

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It has the following strengths

 The childminder works well in partnership with parents to meet children's individual needs effectively. Parents spoken with during the inspection comment on the fun their children have and of the good levels of care and attention they receive.  Children are happy and settled in the home-from-home environment that the childminder provides. Children form friendships and bonds with the childminder and her family.  Children display good levels of behaviour, follow instruction and have positive relationships with each other. The childminder is an effective role model and reminds children of the rules of the setting, which they listen to and follow.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 identify aspects of the environment that may pose a hazard to children's safety and take all reasonable steps to minimise or remove them, with particular regard to the water butts in the garden and household products in the kitchen and upstairs bathroom. 15/01/2018

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 build on the already established partnership working with the school that children attend, to help build a more effective, shared approach to extending children's experiences even further  enhance methods used for self-evaluation to quickly indentify any weaknesses to ensure continuous improvement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the interactions between the childminder and children during activities indoors and assessed the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector accompanied the childminder, to collect the children from school and back to her home.  The inspector held discussions with the childminder and spoke to the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder and other household members and looked at relevant documentation.  The inspector took into account the views of children and a small number of parents during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The childminder does not effectively evaluate or reflect on her practice. As a result, there are some gaps in the provision. The childminder has procedures in place to keep children safe from harm, such as risk assessments for the home, garden and outings. However, she has not considered the proximity of some hazards in the home and garden. Despite this, the childminder does take effective steps to ensure children's safety at other times, such as ensuring children are closely supervised on the walk to and from school. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The childminder knows the steps to take should she suspect a child to be at risk of harm. She knows the importance of keeping her safeguarding knowledge up to date and does this through attending training and engaging with local authority advisers.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children enjoy coming to the childminder's home and quickly immerse themselves in their chosen activities. Some busy themselves with floor-play activities, while others, sit and relax, watching their favourite programme on the television. The childminder engages children in a range of conversations. During tea, she encourages them to share their day with one another. This supports their ever increasing language skills and confidence. Children show good imagination, as they 'make' the childminder and the inspector a range of food and drinks in the role play kitchen. They play well together and utilise the play equipment to 'cut' and 'style' hair, using plastic bricks and tongues.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The childminder has not ensured that risk assessments are robust enough, to ensure all hazards to children's well-being are minimised. Nevertheless, children confidently use the available space and show a good awareness of keeping safe. For example, they look and listen for cars when crossing roads with the childminder. Children enjoy healthy meals, prepared by the childminder each evening, and are beginning to understand about healthy lifestyles. They have good opportunities for play and exercise outdoors in the fresh air, which helps promote their physical well-being. Children display good levels self-esteem and self-assurance. They engage well with the childminder and visitors. They talk about how much they love to play in the childminder's 'massive' garden and of how much fun they have on the trampoline. Partnership working with the school where children are collected from are not as effective as possible. Information is not always shared or

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

sourced that helps extend children's good experiences even further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY495458 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 1033450 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 4 - 9 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 1

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2015 and lives in Leicester. She offers before-and after- school care. She operates term time only from 7am to 8.30am and 3.25pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

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Telephone number

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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